BEST HOUSING DEVELOPMENT – 1 TO 5 UNITS

31-32 Dolben Street

Architect: Association of Ideas

Specialist Brickwork Contractor: Masters Construction

Brick: Ibstock Brick – Copper Glazed

In a category which has traditionally been won by a single family house, this tightly planned block of apartments – just one per floor – intrigued the jury by the way it maximised the potential of its constricted urban site. But while, in so doing, it reinforced the grain and the character of its inherited context, it also challenged convention by introducing an unexpected shimmering surface of green glazed brick on its two street elevations. A series of apartments which occupy a tight urban site. A clever choice of copper glazed brick is an interesting selection in an urban context.